Garment supporter



July 2O,` 1948. R. M. GARBUTT GARMENT sUPPoRTER Filed March-14, 1945 Patented July 2l), 1948 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARMENT SUPPORIVER Rose M. Garbutt, San Diego, Calif. Application March 14, 1945, Serial No. 582,683 2 Claims. (Cl. 2-325) This invention relates to a garment support which adjustably supports a garment on a person, particularly a hose, and is sup-ported by another garment worn by that person.

The latter garment may be a girdle or corset and the support which it supports is adjustable to make allowance for differences in the size of the garment supported thereby or the physical peculiarities of the body of the wearer.

Another object of this invention is the provision of a neat and comfortable garment support, which may be used in connection with different garments.

Another object is to provide a support which will yield when the wearer changes his bodily posture.

The support of my invention comprises astrap member which forms a loop at its lower end and which has securing means for adjusting the height of the loop. The loop carries a clasp which will clasp the garment to be supported without damaging the latter.

A distinct advantage of the supp-ort of my invention over devices having a similar purpose arises from the use of the snap button adjusting means which render better service than the conventional metal buckles. The latter have a tendency to become loose, wear out the elastic, are uncomfortable to the wearer and are liable to cause injury.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front View of my garment supported at its upper end by another garment worn by a person;

Figure 2 is a central, longitudinal section of the support on line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the support attached to a supporting garment and hanging down in its entire length.

A front strap member 2, preferably of nonelastic material, is attached at its upper end by stitching or otherwise to a girdle, lcorset or other garment G and carries on its front side longitudinally spaced male snap button members 3. An elastic rear strap member 4 is also secured to the garment G to which the non-elastic strap member is secured, and lies beneath and is about twice as long as the latter. At the lower end and on the front side of the longer strap member 4 is secured by stitching or otherwise a non-elastic web portion 5 carrying a female snap eyelet 6 which will receive any of the snap buttons 3 on the shorter strap. Upon the rear side of the rear strap member and at the lower end thereof is fastened by stitching or other means a nonelastic web portion 1.

When thus connected to the shorter strap, the

longer strap forms a loop passing through an elongated link 8 which is also interlinked with a clasp comprising a button carrying lower web part 9 and an upper clasp link I0 which interlinks with the lower part and has a widened intermediate portion which will permit the passage of the head of the button l'l and a narrower end portion permitting only the passage of the stem of the clasp button.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

What I claim as new is:

1. A garment support adapted to be supported by an undergarment, comprising a front and a rear strap attached in superimposed relationship at their upper ends only to one another and to the bottom edge of the undergarment and depending therefrom, a plurality of longitudinally spaced male fasteners on the front non-elastic strap, a female fastener on the free end of the rear elastic strap for engaging anyone of the male fasteners to form a loop of variable length, and a clasp carried by the loop of the rear strap.

2. A garment support adapted to be supported by and in depending relationship to an undergarment, comprising a non-elastic front strap secured at its upper end to the bottom edge of the garment and provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced detachable fastener elements, an elastic rear strap disposed behind the front strap and attached at its upper end only to the front strap and to the bottom edge portion of' the garment and provided at its free end with a separable fastener element selectively engageable with the first mentioned fastener elements to form a loop of variable length below said garment and adapted for yieldably and adjustably supporting a clasp, said rear strap being substantially longer than the front strap.

ROSE M. GARBUTT.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 806,403 Du Pell Dec. 5, 1905 1,888,291 Roth Nov. 22, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 30,209 Australia Nov. 17, 1930 

